Take Five - Webwasher First Vendor To Combine All Elements Of High-End Web And Mail Content Protection -; New Aberdeen Group Report Emphasizes Demand For Complete Content Security Solutions.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

PADERBORN, Germany & BOSTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 4, 2002

The new Aberdeen Group report entitled "Active eIRM: New Realities for Managing Electronic Infrastructure Security" highlights webwasher.com as one of the leading suppliers of Internet content filtering solutions.

In the report, the analyst firm emphasizes that completeness and integration are crucial to IT buyers' content security demands. With shipment of its latest e-mail filter module, webwasher.com is the first vendor to deliver complete content security solutions: Internet Access Management, Web Content Filtering, Virus & Malicious Code Filtering, E-mail Filtering, and Reporting. These five functions, included in webwasher's enterprise products WebWasher(R) CSM Suite, WebWasher(R) EE, WebWasher(R) PG, and WebWasher(R) AC, have been seamlessly integrated in order to meet these new enterprise-level security demands.

In the new Aberdeen report, Active eIRM is seen as an "...intersection of security policy, security applications, risk analytics, notification systems, and software agents. With Active eIRM security solutions, IT departments can mitigate the risks posed by a combination of covert channels being exploited by active Internet content, while overcoming the limitation imposed by security's discretionary policy system". The report points out that many IT buyers are looking for security gateways that deliver multiple security functions simultaneously. Due to reduced budgets, IT buyers are under pressure to seek more cost-effective and efficient solutions.

The Aberdeen report stated that WebWasher meets these demands with their "powerhouse package" of policy-activated security applications. WebWasher helps companies and public institutions to eliminate security risks, establish security policies, and increase the productivity of their employees. Furthermore, the products save bandwidth and reduce legal liability. With fully integrated antivirus and malicious code protection, e-mail management, Web access control, content filtering, and reporting, each product combines core content security measures into a comprehensive, integrated, and singly deployed and managed solution.

Jim Hurley, Vice President and Managing Director for Aberdeen Group and author of the new report: "Being a newcomer, WebWasher has overtaken several notable players in terms of technology and market share in just three years. With the emphasis on high performance, low TCO and cost reductions and through integration of all core security functions, WebWasher's appeal among large enterprises is high. WebWasher's integration of policy, auditing, antivirus, content filtering, e-mail and Web management helps customers realize the benefits of security process automation and Active eIRM."

Dr. Horst Joepen, CEO of webwasher: "With the completion of our content security product family, we now offer an unmatched feature set. Our products fulfil corporate customers' high expectations in terms of quality, scalability and efficiency. Deployments on central gateways with up to 150,000 users also make smaller companies confident that they get a top quality product at the lowest total cost of ownership. All our products are compatible with each other and can easily be upgraded to the WebWasher CSM Suite - our comprehensive soluton for enterprise-level content security management."

For more information on the Active eIRM report see http://www.aberdeen.com/ab_company/hottopics/eirm/default.htm

About webwasher.com

Based in Paderborn, Germany, webwasher.com AG was founded in October 1999 to create new efficiencies in Internet use and to improve user experience and productivity. Based on its sophisticated filtering and security technologies, the company offers comprehensive products and solutions for an integrated Content Security Management: With Internet Access Management, Internet Content Filtering, E-Mail-Filtering, Virus Protection and Reporting companies and public institutions avoid security risks and annoyances from Internet use. The server based WebWasher solutions are deployed by over 4,000 companies worldwide - among them Ford, Motorola, UBS, HypoVereinsbank, and Wincor Nixdorf. Moreover, the WebWasher client has already been adopted by five million surfers worldwide. Webwasher.com cooperates with leading companies worldwide including Network Appliance, Check Point, Computer Associates, and Network Associates. For more information please visit www.webwasher.com.

About Aberdeen

Founded in 1998, Aberdeen Group is a leading IT market analysis and positioning services firm that helps Information Technology vendors establish leadership in emerging markets. The firm provides IT market intelligence, positioning, and market acceleration services to established and start-up technology companies.

Aberdeen's consultants provide up-to-the-minute global IT market insights in more than 25 IT market segments. Research practices focus on emerging market opportunities, market growth rates, important industry trends, and customer buying patterns. The firm also helps clients to identify new market opportunities, enter those markets successfully, and accelerate the adoption of new technologies.

Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, Aberdeen has research and consulting divisions in Palo Alto, California; Fort Collins, Colorado; and Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Aberdeen is accessible via the Web at www.aberdeen.com.